Question

Which choice best describes what happens in the passage?

• A. One character argues with another character who intrudes on her home
• B. One character receives a surprising request from another character
• C. One character reminisces about choices she has made over the years
• D. One character criticizes another character for pursuing an unexpected course of action

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

One character receives a surprising request from another character

Option B is the correct answer. In the passage a young man (Akira) asks a mother (Chie) for permission to marry her daughter (Naomi). The request was certainly surprising to the mother, as can be seen from the passage that Chie “had no idea” the request was coming.

Option A is incorrect because the passage depicts two characters engaged in a civil conversation, with Chie being impressed with Akira’s “sincerity” and finding herself “starting to like him.”

Option C is incorrect because the passage is focused on the idea of Akira’s and Naomi’s present lives and possible futures.

Option D is incorrect because the interactions between Chie and Akira are polite, not critical.